this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2025
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[–] istewart@awful.systems 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A brief reminder that Dragonball Z gives up on explicit power level rankings about 30% of the way through; the little machines that read out the numbers start blowing up and they don't bother building replacements

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago

Dragon Ball Z. (1990, April 25). 野望のベジータ!宇宙一の戦士はオレだ!!/Frieza Strikes! episode.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

One Punch Man also plays around with these silly classifications, with our bald protagonist being a C rank hero.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh good. If I ever need to consult a list of top slop shops sorted by fuckability, I'll try and remember this exists.

[–] BigMuffN69@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago

X and coinbase on this list lmfaou what a joke

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, for me, this is sailing a little too close to the critihype line. I don't think writing these weekly really helps the bit.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

When the "criti" for Amazon is just that it's "boring", I feel we're in plain old hype territory.